Pencil Pusher (Noun)
Meaning
A clerk who does boring paperwork.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- After working as a pencil_pusher for years, he felt his creativity and motivation had been stifled by the monotonous tasks.
- Her dream was to leave the 9-to-5 office job and stop being just a pencil_pusher in a giant corporation.
- He hated the fact that he was seen as just a pencil_pusher, filing away forms and permits all day long.
- Many office workers fear being turned into pencil_pushers, relegated to performing dull, uninspiring administrative duties.
- Working as a pencil_pusher, his role mainly involved maintaining files, recording sales figures, and responding to letters from clients.